Nurith Aizenman

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WHO says COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency

Friday, May 05, 2023

The World Health Organization has lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) for COVID-19. The declaration had been in effect since Jan. 30, 2020.

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Elephants are a menace for these 6th graders. Then they went on a safari ...

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Botswana has one of the last thriving elephant herds – and a history of human-elephant conflict that threatens both sides. A nonprofit has a program to shift that dynamic. Will it work?

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The conflict between protecting crops and preserving wildlife also affects elephants

Monday, April 24, 2023

Botswana has one of the last thriving herds of elephants. But the animals are a menace to rural farmers. One nonprofit's solution: safari drives for local schoolkids. Can it work? NPR joins a trip.

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How do you get equal health care for all? A huge new database holds clues

Friday, April 21, 2023

The World Health Organization registry holds 11 million data points — key to addressing global health inequality. Yet health officials stress how much information is still missing.

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This doctor fought Ebola in the trenches. Now he's got a better way to stop diseases

Sunday, April 09, 2023

Dr. Daniel Bausch says of his work, "You realize that's all on the response side." He's come to appreciate that "the impact is with trying to change the system."

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You asked about bats, pets, immunity and other hot viral topics! We've got answers

Saturday, March 25, 2023

In response to our series on spillover viruses, you had many questions: from the role of climate change to possible benefits. We turn the mic to you for a special edition of 'Hidden Viruses.'

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Frozen cells reveal a clue for a vaccine to block the deadly TB bug

Monday, March 06, 2023

Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million a year — the second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19. Using immune cells and mRNA technology, scientists in South Africa are working on a new vaccine.

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The Russia-Ukraine war's impact on food security 1 year later

Monday, February 27, 2023

Russia's war on Ukraine affected grain shipments and raised concerns about a global food crisis. A year later, the worst fears about food prices and worldwide hunger failed to materialize.

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The number of mothers who die due to pregnancy or childbirth is 'unacceptable'

Thursday, February 23, 2023

That's what epidemiologist Jenny Cresswell of the World Health Organization said of death rate data in a new report she authored — "equivalent to almost 800 deaths a day or a death every 2 minutes."

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The hunt is on to discover a COVID vaccine that wouldn't require freezers for storage

Sunday, February 19, 2023

The mRNA shots against COVID were a game-changer but the shots need ultra-cold freezers that are unavailable in many low-income countries. Now the hunt is on for innovations to solve this problem.

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Who's most likely to save us from the next pandemic? The answer may surprise you

Thursday, February 02, 2023

The South African-based scientist who co-discovered the omicron variant of COVID-19 makes an intriguing argument.

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Scientists race to detect new pathogens before they can spark another pandemic

Thursday, February 02, 2023

Disease researchers from South Africa were the first to identify the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. Scientists there are racing to detect new pathogens before they can spark another pandemic.

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How a scrappy African startup could forever change the world of vaccines

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Afrigen is the linchpin of global project to use mRNA technology to empower low-resource countries to make their own vaccines against killer diseases from TB to HIV. What will it take to succeed?

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How this Brazilian doc got nearly every person in her city to take a COVID vaccine

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Dr. Gabriela Kucharski's city of Toledo had virtually no vaccines. And it's a bastion of support for Brazil's vaccine skeptic president. Here's why that didn't matter.

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The clock is ticking for U.N. goals to end poverty — and it doesn't look promising

Monday, September 19, 2022

Can we end poverty, provide food for all and otherwise make Earth a better place by 2030? By all accounts, the answer is no. So then what's the point of the Sustainable Development Goals?

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Is there enough monkeypox vaccine to go around? Maybe yes, more likely no

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Only one company makes the currently used monkeypox vaccine. Supply is limited in wealthy nations like the U.S. Less well-off nations, like Nigeria, where the outbreak began, have no vaccines at all.

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Middle-income countries have come up with a game-changing plan for COVID vaccines

Monday, July 18, 2022

As the U.S. and Europe spearhead COVID vaccines, other regions are left struggling to gain access. But now scientists from Latin America and Africa are collaborating on mRNA technology.

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These Brazilian besties are inventing an mRNA vaccine as a gift to the world

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Pfizer and Moderna have refused to divulge details of how to make their cutting-edge COVID shots. Here's what two scientists — and longtime best friends — are doing about it.

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In Uvalde, tragedy and food bring a community together

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Two women in Uvalde are spearheading an effort to soothe their community with food. Because Uvalde's resident's lives are so intertwined, everyone knows someone affected by the massacre.

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An update on the global COVID-19 vaccination effort

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

The U.S. has pulled back funding for global vaccinations. Some countries — like Brazil — don't need the help. Vaccination rates remain low in other countries such as Iraq due to issues of mistrust.

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